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The biggest complaint that I’ve heard about the Barley Crusher is the passive roller not catching causing the grain to not get pulled through. Here’s an attempt at a fix.
The mills come with an o-ring that drives the passive roller, but the first time you run grain through it gets chewed up and spit out by the combination of grain and the knurled roller. What I did was to turn both end of the rollers enough so that a 1/8” thick quad shaped o-ring would slip over one roller and contact the other. This way the rubber o-ring never comes in contact with the knurl. I stuck some aluminum tape on the inside of the hopper to deflect the grain away from the o-rings. If these things hold up, this idea would be easy for the manufacture to incorporate into production. Can’t wait to start getting my royalty checks. :cross:
A while back I purchased a gear motor off eBay for $20. Not the best specs to drive a mill. 58 in/lbs start up torque, 90 in/lbs running torque but only 30 RPM. I had the mill apart so took the opportunity to motorize. Crushed about a pound of grain and it worked fine. The speed is pretty slow, but it sure beats hand cranking and the battery on my cordless drill won’t make it through a big grain bill.
The mills come with an o-ring that drives the passive roller, but the first time you run grain through it gets chewed up and spit out by the combination of grain and the knurled roller. What I did was to turn both end of the rollers enough so that a 1/8” thick quad shaped o-ring would slip over one roller and contact the other. This way the rubber o-ring never comes in contact with the knurl. I stuck some aluminum tape on the inside of the hopper to deflect the grain away from the o-rings. If these things hold up, this idea would be easy for the manufacture to incorporate into production. Can’t wait to start getting my royalty checks. :cross:
A while back I purchased a gear motor off eBay for $20. Not the best specs to drive a mill. 58 in/lbs start up torque, 90 in/lbs running torque but only 30 RPM. I had the mill apart so took the opportunity to motorize. Crushed about a pound of grain and it worked fine. The speed is pretty slow, but it sure beats hand cranking and the battery on my cordless drill won’t make it through a big grain bill.